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Christoper Williams
ISS🇺🇸American
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Humans currently in space
107on the ISS
·3on Tiangong
Speed
27,600km/h
Altitude
408km
Orbit period
92min
Daily orbits
15.5/ day
Nations
5represented
579
Combined crew-days in orbit
9,332
Days ISS continuously inhabited
15.5
ISS orbits per day
666,960
km ISS travels per day
Active Stations
Two crewed outposts orbit Earth right now
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International Space Station
Multi-national laboratory since November 2000
7
crew aboard
408 km
altitude
51.6°
inclination
🇨🇳 CNSA
Tiangong Space Station
China's permanent orbital outpost
3
crew aboard
~390 km
altitude
41.5°
inclination
Current Crew
10 people from 5 nations · 579 combined days aloft
May 22, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC
Zhang Lu
TiangongCNSA
🇨🇳China
186 d
PLA Air Force pilot and second-batch taikonaut who first flew on Shenzhou-15. Returned to the Tiangong space station as part of the Shenzhou-20 crew.
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Wu Fei
TiangongCNSA
🇨🇳China
PLA Air Force pilot and member of China's third taikonaut selection. Made his first spaceflight aboard Shenzhou-20 to the Tiangong space station.
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Zhang Hongzhang
TiangongCNSA
🇨🇳China
Chinese taikonaut who flew his first mission aboard Shenzhou-20 to the Tiangong space station, conducting science experiments and station maintenance.
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Sergey Kud-Sverchkov
ISSRoscosmos
🇷🇺Russia
189 d
Roscosmos cosmonaut and aerospace engineer who flew his first long-duration mission as flight engineer on Expedition 63/64. Returned for an extended stay on the ISS.
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Sergey Mikayev
ISSRoscosmos
🇷🇺Russia
Russian cosmonaut who launched aboard Soyuz MS-27 for his first spaceflight. Currently serving as flight engineer on Expedition 73.
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Jessica Meir
ISSNASA
🇺🇸United States
204 d
Marine biologist with a PhD in comparative physiology. Made history with Christina Koch on the first all-female spacewalk in October 2019.
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Jack Hathaway
ISSNASA
🇺🇸United States
U.S. Navy fighter pilot and test pilot selected in NASA's 2021 astronaut class. Veteran of multiple combat deployments before earning his astronaut wings on his first ISS mission.
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Sophie Adenot
ISSESA
🇫🇷France
Aerospace engineer and helicopter test pilot, selected in ESA's 2022 astronaut class. First French woman in space since Claudie Haigneré.
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Andrey Fedyaev
ISSRoscosmos
🇷🇺Russia
Former Russian Air Force pilot who flew on SpaceX Crew-6 as a mission specialist. Returned to the ISS for a long-duration stay on Expedition 73.
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About This Data
Crew counts and biographies are sourced from the Open Notify API and the ISS People in Space API, refreshed hourly. Days in orbit are calculated from each astronaut's most recent launch date.
How We Count
“In space” means above the Kármán line (100 km altitude) aboard a crewed spacecraft or station. All active ISS and Tiangong crew are included.
ISS Habitation Record
The ISS has been continuously inhabited since November 2, 2000 — a record of 9,332 days of uninterrupted human presence in space.